I love Ghetto Heaven as well, a classic!

5TH MAY

 

 

 

Well “Vogue” spends a month at the top equalling her personal best she achieved with “Into The Groove”, the track sold 63,000 copies putting in a very consistent performance, it was always out in front but whether it can become her first chart topper to last 5 weeks looks doubtful though. In part that’s because of Paula Abdul who climbs 3-2 selling 56,000 into the bargain which coupled with Madonna’s dropping sales could point to the end of her reign, Abdul could be curtailed by the new expanded version of her album “Forever Your Girl” getting a re-release which will include this hit. Incidentally “Vogue” has sold 260,000 copies during its 4 week tenure at the top, compare that to the 446,000 that “Into The Groove” did and you get an idea of the different market we’re in five years later.

 

 

 

If not Abdul then one of the new entries to the big 10 could be worth a punt, “Dirty Cash” which has been doing well on 12” inch since its limited release back in December and had got as high as No 93 in February before being deleted and primed for a full release a few weeks ago. It’s since moved 28-11-5 securing sales of 34,000 in the process last week- it could go much higher!

 

 

 

Another of 1989’s favourite acts returns this week and it’s the group that perhaps identified the “sound” of summer of 1989, Soul II Soul. It’s time for that second album and here’s the lead single “A Dreams A Dream” which features the vocals of Victoria Wilson James and precedes “Volume II” which is out in 3 weeks and will go head to head with the new Madonna album “I’m Breathless”. The single debuts at No 8 (29,000) and with the last 3 Soul II Soul singles all going top 5 this should see a nice rise next week.

 

 

Alannah Myles’ challenge to the top spot is over as she trips 2-3 (45,000) just managing to hold off a rising Adamski 7-4 (42,000), below him and falling are UB40 5-6 (34,000), Snap! 4-7 (33,000) and Heart 8-9 (26,000) with Family Stand maintaining the anchor position with 22,000 sales.

 

Next week old adversaries New Kids On The Block and Kylie Minogue go head to head with new singles- who’ll make the bigger splash?

 

 

1- VOGUE- Madonna (63,000)

2- OPPOSITES ATTRACT- Paula Abdul Duet with the Wild Pair (56,000)

3- BLACK VELVET- Alannah Myles (45,000)

4- KILLER- Adamski (42,000)

5- DIRTY CASH- Adventures Of Stevie V (34,000)

6- KINGSTON TOWN- UB40 (34,000)

7- THE POWER- Snap! (33,000)

8- A DREAM’S A DREAM- Soul II Soul (29,000)

9- ALL I WANNA DO IS MAKE LOVE TO YOU- Heart (26,000)

10- GHETTO HEAVEN- Family Stand (22,000)

 

haven't heard Dirty Cash in ages, still sounds good

 

not that crazy about that new Soul II Soul song, they peaked with their debut for me

Love Dirty Cash. UB40 holding well.

12TH MAY

 

 

Adamski is the nation’s new favourite act with “Killer” easily moving 4-1 (62,000). It easily fended off Adventures Of Stevie V who still threaten 5-2 (49,000) and manage to push Paula Abdul out of the way as she trips 2-3 (45,000), her album also re-peaks at No 3 which must have drained some sales away from the single. No similar excuse for Madonna as she hurtles 1-4 (44,000) but was unlucky to fall so far given the similar sales tallies.

 

 

 

 

Below Madonna is the heir apparent (at present) to her title, Kylie Minogue. Her 10th single also becomes her 10th top 5 hit as it crashes into the charts at No 5 (32,000), it again comes from the pens of S/A/W who seem to be losing their touch with their other acts with Minogue back again as their biggest act with the recent downturn in the fate of Donovan. The track is allegedly written about her relationship with Michael Hutchence which has attracted considerable press attention over the course of this year and has garnered more than usual praise from the critics who are liking the more sophisticated angle to her music and comes with a racier than normal promo from the Neighbours star.

 

 

 

 

Further down are current chart favourites New Kids On The Block who score a third top 10 single of 1990 and a fourth on the trot with “Cover Girl” which arrives at No 8 (23,000). The UK is still playing catch up with their native US where this song peaked at No 2 last November, the album “Hangin Tough” continues to sell well shifting 21-12 this week having already sold over 300.000.

 

 

Soul II Soul appear to be floundering with their new single only climbing 8-6 (27,000) but that’s better than Alannah Myles who slides 3-7 (23,000), also going the wrong way are UB40 6-9 (21,000) and Snap! Drop 7-10 (21,000)

 

 

1- KILLER- Adamski (62,000)

2- DIRTY CASH- Adventures Of Stevie V (49,000)

3- OPPOSITES ATTRACT- Paula Abdul Duet with Wild Pair (45,000)

4- VOGUE- Madonna (44,000)

5- BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW- Kylie Minogue (32,000)

6- A DREAM’S A DREAM- Soul II Soul (27,000)

7- BLACK VELVET- Alannah Myles (23,000)

8- COVER GIRL- New Kids On The Block (23,000)

9- KINGSTON TOWN- UB40 (21,000)

10- THE POWER- Snap! (21,000)

 

NKOTB aside, that is a great top 10!

That top 5 is superb! Kylie really stepped up a gear with BTDYK.

Better the Devil you Know is easily Kylie's best SAW single and maybe the only time they gave her a 10/10 song

Good for Adamski/Seal, Killer deserved the #1

 

Cover Girl is NKOTB at their worst

Only a fan of the top 2. I must revisit that Soul II Soul song.

19TH MAY

 

 

“Killer” finished off the competition easily this week extending its sales to an impressive 89,000 copies to now hold a commanding lead at the top of the charts, Kylie Minogue does zoom 5-2 but only managed to increase her sales by 41% to 45,000 with the possibility of a fifth chart topper in “Better The Devil You Know” a distant prospect. Indeed she only just managed to squeeze past Adventures of Stevie V (44,000) at the death so should consider herself lucky.

 

 

 

En Vogue are the latest US female vocal group to be garnering attention and praise on both sides of the Atlantic, their debut single “Hold On” finds itself powering 14-7 (23,000) to get them off to a perfect start. If you’re wondering what song they sing at the start of the track then it’s called “Who’s Lovin You” by the Miracles.

 

 

 

Beats International are back with Lindy Layton again providing vocals to score a second top 10 hit with “Won’t Talk About It” climbing 18-10 (17,000), the album is back in the top 40 but is no-where near bettering the No 17 position it reached on debut. This song was written by Billy Bragg for his 1984 album “Brewing Up With” but didn’t make the cut though it should be noted much of the verses on this version are written by Norman Cook, it’s the second top 10 he’s written coming 5 years after Kirsty MacColl’s “A New England”.

 

 

New Kids On The Block rise 8-4 (34,000) to score their 4th top 5 single in 6 months and still seem unstoppable, their new album will be arriving in a few months and another NKOTB single is pencilled in for next month, they’re making money whilst the sun shines for sure.

 

 

Paula Abdul falls 3-5 (26,000) directly above the song that held it off the top, Madonna’s “Vogue” which is also down 4-6 (24,000) but is now her 8th chart topper in the US as well as crossing the 350,000 mark. Another one’s of “Vogue”’s victims Alannah Myles drops 7-8 (18,000) and Soul II Soul slide 6—9 (17,000) and must be considered a disappointment given their recent chart form.

 

1- KILLER- Adamski (89,000)

2- BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW- Kylie Minogue (45,000)

3- DIRTY CASH- Adventures Of Stevie V (44,000)

4- COVER GIRL- New Kids On The Block (34,000)

5- OPPOSITES ATTRACT- Paula Abdul duet with the Wild Pair (26,000)

6- VOGUE- Madonna (24,000)

7- HOLD ON- En Vogue (23,000)

8- BLACK VELVET- Alannah Myles (18,000)

9- A DREAM’S A DREAM- Soul II Soul (17,000)

10- WON’T TALK ABOUT IT- Beats International Ft Lindy Layton (17,000)

 

I had no idea Beats International had a follow up top 10 :o

pretty good newies in the top 10, liked both

 

can't at Cover Girl going top 5 though

26TH MAY

 

 

“Killer” looks to be slowing but its commanding lead at the top last week means that even that can’t prevent it securing a third week at the top with a further 69,000 copies finding buyers, that brings its cumulative total to 316,000 easing itself into the top 10 YTD. Kylie does close the gap nominally as she suffered a smaller decrease of 8% to 41,000

 

 

And yet there isn’t much else around to challenge “Killer” either, The Adventures of Stevie V hold at No 3 on just 35,000 and the New Kids On The Block complete a static Top 4 on a mere 34,000, En Vogue offer a ray of hope climbing 7-5 (32,000) but it’s a small one.

 

 

 

Things look brighter at No 6 with a ten place climb for Scots band The Chimes. They’ve done an updated version of U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” which made No 6, let’s hope the curse of that position can be broken by this version. Both their previous singles failed to dent the top 50 so it’s a marked upturn in their chart fortunes, this single shifted 26,000 copies last week.

 

 

 

Getting their second top 10 single in a row Mantronix call upon Wondress again and “Take Your Time” has moved 19-11-10 (18,000) to nudge into the big ten.

 

 

Beats International inch 10-9 (19,000) with a slight sales increase, and just above them are two fallers, Paula Abdul slips 5-7 (22,000) and Madonna slips 6-8 (22,000) but she’ll be focusing on her new album “I’m Breathless” which is in stores now.

 

 

1- KILLER- Adamski (69,000)

2- BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW- Kylie Minogue (41,000)

3- DIRTY CASH- Adventures Of Stevie V (35,000)

4- COVER GIRL- New Kids On The Block (34,000)

5- HOLD ON- En Vogue (32,000)

6- I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR- The Chimes (26,000)

7- OPPOSITES ATTRACT- Paula Abdul duet with Wild Pair (22,000)

8- VOGUE- Madonna (22,000)

9- WON’T TALK ABOUT IT- Beats International Ft Lindy Layton (19,000)

10- TAKE YOUR TIME- Mantronix (18,000)

 

A very boring week this time around, hoping something of interest comes along next time! :kink:

yes quite the boring week,

not a fan of that U2 cover but I remember I liked some of The Chimes original songs like Heaven

 

and Michael Bolton was at #11 with How can we be lovers

but cannot recall if he ended up making the top 10 or not :) we'll see next week...

Talk Talk enter the Top 40 at 35 this week with “It’s My Life” to promote their greatest hits, it originally missed the Top 40 in 1984. Later of course covered by No Doubt!

2ND JUNE

 

 

He thought it was all over, and it will probably be next week but Adamski was out in front from the off with “Killer” claiming a fourth week at the top. It sold just 54,000 the lowest tally in 10 weeks (since Beats International) and was being outstripped on Saturday by this week’s highest new entry which arrives at No 2

 

 

 

Starting out life as the theme to BBC 2’s “Reportage” TV series for which New Order wrote the track, they’ve gotten TV actor Keith Allen to write some lyrics for the track and a rap and come up with “World In Motion” which will serve as this year’s anthem to send the England World Cup Squad off to Italy with. The competition starts on June 8th so expect this track to be round until at least the team leaves the competition, it isn’t of course the highest placed England Football track, back in 1970 “Back Home” topped the charts and in 1982 “This Time” made No 2, but this attracted praise which excels the normal reception of a football related track with even John Barnes receiving the thumbs up for his rap. For New Order it becomes instantly their highest peaking chart hit topping the No 3 peak of 1988’s re-issued “Blue Monday”, though the track has had its lyrics re-written as the Football Association rejected the first version called “E is For England” as it was a bit too easy to misinterpret- ahem! The track got stronger through the week ending up 2,000 copies shy of debuting at the top……

 

 

 

“Venus” is a song which has already been a top 10 single for Shocking Blue and Bananarama reaching No 8 for both acts, now we have a new Italo house act Don Pablo’s Animals doing their version of the track. It rockets 12-7 (26,000) to give the song a new peak position, well kind of, it was featured on the Starsound medley “Stars On 45” and therefore did reach No 2 depending on how you view its inclusion.

 

 

 

Michael Bolton is back and this time he’s helped by Desmond Child and Diane Warren on “How Can We Be Lovers” his second release from “Soul Provider”. During the album’s 12 week chart life it debuted at No 8 before dropping almost out of the top 40 but has been having a revival over the last 5 weeks climbing every week and now repeaks at it rises 9-7. The single can only hobble 11-10 (17,000) to sneak into the big 10 having already made US No 3 last month.

 

 

The arrival of EnglandNewOrder means bad news for Kylie who slips 2-3 (36,000) and for Adventures Of Stevie V who similarly slip a place 3-4 (30,000). En Vogue hold at No 5 (29,000) but lose sales as their album debuts at No 32 this week, and the Chimes are also holding at No 6 (29,000) and can’t outstrip the peak of the original. New Kids On The Block drop 4-8 (24,000) but they have a new single out in a fortnight so don’t lament too much and Madonna drops 8-9 (17,000) as “I’m Breathless” debuts at No 2 behind Soul II Soul, but she is No 1 Stateside.

 

1- KILLER- Adamski (54,000)

2- WORLD IN MOTION- Englandneworder (52,000)

3- BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW- Kylie Minogue (36,000)

4- DIRTY CASH- Adventures Of Stevie V (30,000)

5- HOLD ON- En Vogue (29,000)

6- I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR- The Chimes (29,000)

7- VENUS- Don Pablo’s Animals (26,000)

8- COVER GIRL- New Kids On The Block (24,000)

9- VOGUE- Madonna (17,000)

10- HOW CAN WE BE LOVERS- Michael Bolton (17,000)

 

I believe the TOTP repeats are taking a break after tonight until 8th Jan so the thread will continue on 7th!

Thanks Gezza :D Love reading these then watching the show!

anybody got info on albums sales for this week?

Soul II Soul debuted at #1 with their sophomore,

beating Madonna's I'm breathless, but I was wondering if sales were close and how much Madonna did,

was not a proper album so wouldn't expect much